Stuttering: Should We Accommodate Silence? (308)

26 Nov 2011

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The StutterTalk B Team weighs in on accommodating students who stutter.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the “Stuttertalk “B Team”) do a follow up to episode 307 (Stuttering: Accommodating College Students). The B Team give their take on accommodations and stuttering by taking a student-orientated approach. They talk about accommodations for younger children who stutter by creating a stutter-friendly environment and the dangers of “accommodating silence.” Lastly, they talk about college students and potential accommodations that might be appropriate for them.

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Stuttering: Accommodating College Students (307)

14 Nov 2011

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Bob Quesal

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss accommodating college students.

ROBERT W. QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP  is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Bob is also a much valued member of the StutterTalk advisory Council.

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Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (Thanksgiving Edition; 312)

11 Nov 2011

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Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss general tips for thinking about stuttering during the Thanksgiving holiday. Tips include talking openly about stuttering with family and friends, putting the listener at ease, sharing recent stuttering experiences, facing family dynamics, not beating yourself up, voluntary stuttering and much more.

Tips from the Pros is a new StutterTalk series. These will be short episodes focused on sharing stuttering tips that have helped many. Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy, is not instruction and is not coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

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Successful Stuttering with Reuben Schuff (306)

6 Nov 2011

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Reuben Schuff

Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his stuttering journey.

REUBEN SCHUFF discusses effective communication, stuttering and fluency, speech therapy, gauging success without counting moments of stuttering, valuing listener feedback, the feeling of “this year I am going to beat stuttering” and much more.

Reuben graduated in 2007 from Purdue University with a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering and works in the Aerospace and Defense industry. Reuben just founded (with Rita Thurman) a new Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Over the past decade Reuben has made lasting improvements in his communication through speech therapy, individual work and the support of the NSA and people who stutter.

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